Prayers for Living

[MajestyJo]

The Window Tax was brought in under King
William III (of Orange). Originally it was to
bring in extra money to pay for the replacement
of damaged coins. 100 years later the then
Prime Minister - Pitt the Younger - increased
this tax, and even more windows were bricked
up! Another 50 years later the hated tax was
repealed on 24th July in 1851.
✍ Mt 514-16: “You are the light of the world…
Let your light shine before others so that,
seeing your good works, they may praise
your Father in heaven.”
✍ Acts 207-12 - The young man, Eutychus, sitting
on a window-sill, drops off to sleep as Paul
preaches, falling out of the upstairs window.
Paul prays and he comes back to life.
✍ Acts 21-13
: “they heard what sounded like a
powerful wind from heaven” - the coming of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
✍ Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), regarding respect
for the conscience of each individual, said:
“I would not open windows into men’s souls.”
✍ The historical incident known as the
“Defenestration of Prague” - when Czechs
threw out of the window two diplomats from
the Hapsburg rulers - led to the Thirty Years
War (1618-1648).
✍ John XXIII was Pope from 1958-1963.
✍ Today is the feast of St Ignatius Loyola - see 31
March.
V Colours of day; I watch the sunrise; The
light of Christ